Ignatius
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"A daring, high-tech CIA operation goes wrong and is disowned. Without legal protection, Michael Dunne's only recourse is revenge. CIA operations officer Michael Dunne is tasked with infiltrating an Italian news organization that smells like a front for an enemy intelligence service. It is headed by an American journalist, but the self-styled "people's bandits" run a cyber operation unlike anything the CIA has seen before. Fast, slick and indiscriminate,...
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This milestone study -- the first and still the most popular work on Atlantis -- has influenced countless scholars the world over since its publication in 1882. This edition of Atlantis: The Antediluvian World reproduces the illustrated classic that established the modern science of Atlantology -- research based on the belief that there once existed opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea the remnant of an Atlantic continent which was home to...
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"A hyper-fast quantum computer is the digital equivalent of a nuclear bomb: whoever possesses one will be able to shred any encryption in existence, effectively owning the digital world. The question is: Who will build it first, the United States or China? The latest of David Ignatius's timely, sharp-eyed espionage novels follows CIA agent Harris Chang into a quantum research lab compromised by a suspected Chinese informant. The breach provokes a...
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From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself "Dr. Ali" sends an encrypted message to the CIA. It falls to Harry Pappas to decide if it's for real. Dr. Ali sends more secrets of the Iranian bomb program to the agency, then panics. He's being followed, but he doesn't know who's onto him, and neither does Pappas. The White House is no help-they're looking for a pretext to attack Tehran.To get his agent out, Pappas...
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Newspaper tycoon Sandy Galvin buys a Washington daily in the hope of resuscitating a youthful romance with Candace Ridgway, the paper's foreign editor. They were lovers back in Harvard until she left him. A dangerous ploy as he has a past and she a nose for news. By the author of A Firing Offense.
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He left Iraq with a shattered leg and a mission - to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as 'Suleiman'. But when his scheme begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service. But can Ferris trust him?
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Suspenseful, compelling, and utterly believable, The Bank of Fear is unparalleled spy fiction in the best tradition of Graham Greene and John le Carre-a twisting tale of the ruthless greed and money laundering behind today's headlines. Behind the doors of a London investment firm lies a grisly five billion dollar secret that directly involves the Ruler of Iraq. When British financial investigator Sam Hoffman and Iraqi computer analyst Lina Alway decide...
11) A firing offense
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Random House
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[1997]
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English
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A spy thriller on two journalists from a New York newspaper who are part-time spies, one for the Americans, the other for the French. They become key players in a big business deal with China for which France and the U.S. are competing. The novel looks at the ethics of journalism. By the author of The Bank of Fear.
15) Meditaciones
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Ediciones Temas de Hoy
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2022
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Español
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Una guía para la vida que reúne la filosofía del humorista.
Ignatius Farray se inspira en el emperador romano Marco Aurelio y reúne en este libro las ideas que rigen su filosofía de vida y su comedia.
A modo de meditaciones filosóficas, chistes y opiniones desmesuradas, estos textos abordan temas abstractos como la vida, la muerte, la realidad o la creatividad, pero también cuestiones contemporáneas conectadas con la vida política o la industria...
16) Siro
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1991.
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English
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Novel about a rogue CIA operation to "find a way to exploit the Soviet Union at its ragged edges--Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia."
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Comedy Dynamics
Pub. Date
2018
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Español
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El homónimo Ignatius comienza con el español Ignatius Farray abriéndose a la audiencia sobre haber sido diagnosticado recientemente con una afección cardíaca. Ignatius se pregunta si la comedia conduce a problemas de salud, alcoholismo y familias disfuncionales, y se maravilla de la capacidad de los comediantes para tomar cualquier tragedia de la vida y convertirla en diez nuevos minutos de material. Ignatius también analiza las formas en que...
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
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2022.
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English
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"Learn how to paint exciting miniature creatures and elevate your tabletop experience, with Arcane Arts. Professional miniature painter and instructor Noxweiler Berf has created an immersive guide to painting miniatures for tabletop games. In his engaging and playful style, Berf demystifies the miniature painting process for the beginner and offers new perspectives and encouragement for advancing hobbyists. The guide offers the reader a number of...
